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προθέλυμνος

προθέλυμνος, from the foundations

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προθέλυμνα neuter nominative plural, neuter vocative plural, neuter accusative plural of προθέλυμνος

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προθέλυμνος, ον, (θέλυμνον)
  • from the foundations, from or by the roots, προθελύμνους ἕλκετο χαίτας he tore his hair out by the roots, Il. 10.15, cf. Q.S. 3.411; προθέλυμνα χαμαὶ βάλε δένδρεα he threw to earth trees uprooted, Il. 9.541; ἐφόρει τὰς δρῦς . . προθελύμνους Ar. Eq. 528; προθέλυμνόν μʼ ἀπώλεσας Id. Pax 1210, cf. Call. Del. 134, Q.S. 6.331, Tryph. 397.
    • II perh. close-packed, of shields overlapping in the phalanx, φράξαντες σάκος σάκεϊ προθελύμνῳ Il. 13.130; expld. by Gramm. as = ἐπάλληλος, συνεχής, and so used by Nonn. D. 22.183; also πέτρην προθέλυμνον ἐπασσυτέρῃ θέτο πέτρῃ ib. 2.374.

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